#4C8EB8#4C8EB8

#4C8EB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.093 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EB8
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 184)
HSL	hsl(203, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 22.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, -8.48, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 29.54, 253.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.0483 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.093 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3020, 24.3412, 48.9138)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EB8 #B8764C

analogous

#4CB8AC #4C8EB8 #4C58B8

triadic

#4C8EB8 #B84C8E #8EB84C

tetradic

#4C8EB8 #AC4CB8 #B8764C #58B84C

square

#4C8EB8 #AC4CB8 #B8764C #58B84C

split-complementary

#4C8EB8 #B84C58 #B8AC4C

monochromatic

#274B63 #386D8E #4C8EB8 #78AAC9 #A4C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4C8EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#4C8EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EB8

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EB8	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8EBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C82B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.093 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afcd',
    500: '#4c8eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8eb8;
$custom-light: #87afcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62058,
    "c": 0.09277,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EB8

secondary

#C8AB98

accent

#8655D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EB8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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